Spark new ideas and broader impact opportunities through Center ICEÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s Seed Funding
- Interested in making a difference and broadening the impact of your work?
- Want to expand your research beyond the lab and classroom?
- Do you have an innovative idea É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ“ looking for support to build and grow?
- Interested in learning more about an industry that is related to your research?
WeÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™re looking for researchers whose interests and projects overlap with our request for proposal themes and focuses. Center ICE is supporting up to five awards of $20,000 each for research projects focused on impact.
All awardees also participate in the I-Corps Program and receive $4,500 in travel funding to support your stakeholder discovery.
Challenge Areas: This RFP focuses on innovations for É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ and their transition into
solutions for
communities and industries along with accompanying stakeholder discovery. This RFP
is centered
on five topics:
- Resilient Energy: Support a more resilient society that can adapt to and prepare for anticipated and unanticipated energy disruptions.
- Earth Systems: Building user-inspired innovative research solutions in Earth science and engineering disciplines.
- Aerospace and Space Weather: Improve our understanding of how space weather impacts everyday activities and building next generation aerospace technologies.
- Climate and Environmental Change: Integrating new opportunities to support society as we adapt to and mitigate the impact on everyday life.
- One Health: Achieving optimal health outcomes and enhancing resilience through the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.